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Cañon City Tigers athletics program officially moving to Colorado Springs Metro League

Legislative Council put final stamp on move Thursday

By Brandon Hopper

hopperb@canoncitydailyrecord.com

Posted:
01/30/2014 08:38:52 PM MST

Finally, it's official.

After almost a year of going through different steps, the Cañon City Tigers athletics program is officially moving from the South-Central League to the Colorado Springs Metro League.

On Thursday, the Colorado High School Athletics Association's Legislative Council met to vote on a myriad of different issues. Among them was about 20 league changes recommended from the Classification and League Organization Committee, and among them was Cañon City moving to the CSML.

The Legislative Council passed the league changes as a whole by almost a 100 percent vote.

"We're excited, the coaches are, as far as some new opportunities and what's happening," CCHS Athletic Director Scott Manchester told the Cañon City Daily Record in a phone interview on Thursday night.

Scott Manchester

Cañon City will compete in the CSML starting in the fall later this year. The move would affect mainly team sports, such as basketball, baseball, volleyball and soccer. It would not affect football and individual sports, such as cross country, gymnastics and track.

The Tigers wanted to move to the CSML mainly for change, Manchester said earlier this school year, plus being in an eight-team league is easier to schedule than being in a seven-team league. It's an initiative that was started by former CCHS AD Bob Trahern last school year. He gained the support of Principal Bret Meuli, coaches and his predecessor Manchester.

In April, the S-CL athletic directors voted 4-3 against allowing Cañon City to flee to the new league. The Pueblo City Schools — Central, Centennial, South and East — voted against the Tigers' wishes. Voting to let them leave were Pueblo County, Pueblo West and Cañon City.

Also happening last school year, the CSML voted 8-0 to accept CCHS.

First-year AD Manchester said on Thursday that it's nice to have the closure of knowing what will happen next year, but he didn't mind the process and called it a good learning experience.

Manchester said that he's already formed great relationships with the S-CL athletic directors and has began scheduling S-CL teams in non-league games for the fall sports. He said he plans to do the same for winter and spring sports when the time comes to create those schedules.

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